Still on a theme here.…
There is some odd synchronicity going on this week. A friend of mine on Google+ posted the above pic, and the discussion turned a bit to how there was a difference between collecting and working on things like models, figurines, bugs, wargames, etc., and these “cutesy” deliberately childish, collectibles. Look, collecting things is fine. Coins, bugs, flowers, making models, all require craft and attention to detail. Games are also more than fine – chess, wargames, mancala, soccer – competition…
aka – the mask slips off. Bradford Walker pointed this… gem?… out the other day. He referred to the type as ‘fake gamer.” > Thoughts on inclusivity and the impossibility of being inclusive AND staying neutral This post is not about the current recurring dumpster fire happening in indie gaming. Or rather, it’s not ONLY about that. This week, while all of this nonsense has been happening, I’ve also been dealing with a frustrating situation in a meatspace Magic: The Gathering group that is being…
Recently a discussion went into odd territory as someone brought up something I’d nearly forgotten about, John Titor [https://infogalactic.com/info/John_Titor]. > John Titor is the name used on several bulletin boards during 2000 and 2001 by a poster claiming to be a military time traveler from 2036.[1][2] In these posts, Titor made numerous predictions about future events, some vague and some quite specific,[3] starting with events in 2004. He described a drastically changed future in which th…
The usual suspects are spouting the usual BS about how “less guns = less crime” and between catching up from a weekend of helping family move that didn’t end until sometime today, and time to process as I catch up, I’ve got little new right now. My prayers and thoughts for the dead, the injured, and their families and loved ones. My utter loathing to those who are already jumping on the bandwagon to blame inanimate objects for the actions of the people wielding them. In addition to the loss I…